Modern Pharmacy framed painting at Dr Duncans, St Johns Lane,City Centre,Liverpool,L1 1HF

A historic “Modern Pharmacy” display photographed inside Dr Duncan’s public house at 9–11 St John’s Lane in Liverpool city centre, England. The image shows an ornate wooden cabinet with carved detailing, topped with the words “Modern Pharmacy, ” and containing a framed portrait of a nineteenth-century gentleman, evoking the era of Victorian medicine and apothecaries. Dr Duncan’s is a well-known Liverpool pub housed in a former insurance building close to St John’s Gardens and Lime Street. The interior features a range of period displays and historical references, reflecting the pub’s Victorian origins and the city’s wider social and medical history. Pharmacy-themed displays such as this recall a time when medicine was dispensed by local chemists and apothecaries, often operating from richly decorated interiors designed to convey trust and authority. Their presence within a modern pub setting highlights the layered reuse of historic buildings in Liverpool’s city centre. This image is suitable for editorial use illustrating Victorian interiors, pharmacy and medical history, British pub heritage, adaptive reuse of historic spaces, Liverpool cultural history, and period decorative design.